Unfortunately, the crooks in this case are the bankers and financiers, who have speculated worthless debt into hundreds of billions of dollars of leveraged profits. Nothing the government will do, and nothing in the forthcoming election will affect these people. They have already made their money and will buy the best advice possible on how to keep it safe.
A lot of people have colored this very black and white in their minds, with Obama and the democratic party representing the looters, and McCain and the conservatives representing some sort of fairness. Rand herself never saw it that way. She was contemptuous of conservatives, and thought they were crooked businessmen. Just as Democrats wanted to rob productive people and give the cash to the undeserving, so did the conservatives. The only difference was that the recipients of democratic favors were idle poor people, and that of conservative largesse were crooked businessmen, who could afford to buy politicians.
You guys ought to read what she said about Reagan. She intensely disliked the man, and did not vote for him.
On a final note, I think that some of the people who make the profound decision to “shrug” like Atlas will only get dandruff on their shoulders. Much as many of us like to feel we are the key to the economy, the real movers and shakers probably don’t read this column. Yes, I’m not one of them either.
